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Whip Ringleader Held By Officer Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CROP which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: CROP

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199%4Exact Match!
235%7 Mishap for police officer capturing ringleader
334%10Ringleader of a task

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "CROP" which means:

    noun
  • • The yield from plants in a single growing season
  • • A cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
  • • A collection of people or things appearing together
  • • The output of something in a season
  • • The stock or handle of a whip
  • • A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
  • verb
  • • Cut short
  • • Prepare for crops
  • • Yield crops
  • • Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
  • • Feed as in a meadow or pasture
  • • Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Farmers harvested a bountiful crop of wheat this year."
  • • "The farmers planted a new crop of corn in the field."

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The Guardian Cryptic19 Nov 2012 Down 8
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